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A few weeks after marrying an attractive young widow, Gordon Cloade is tragically killed by a bomb blast in the London blitz. Overnight, the former Mrs Underhay finds herself in sole possession of the Cloade family fortune.Shortly afterwards, Hercule Poirot receives a visit from the dead man’s sister-in-law who claims she has been warned by ‘spirits’ that Mrs Underhay’s first husband is still alive. Poirot has his suspicions when he is asked to find a missing person guided only by the spirit world. Yet what mystifies Poirot most is the woman’s true motive for approaching him…
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There is a Tide, Agatha Christie
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- Released
- 1970
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- Title
- There is a Tide
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Agatha Christie
- Publisher
- Dell
- Released
- 1970
- Format
- Paperback
- Series
- Hercule Poirot
- Tags
- Fiction, Mystery & Thriller, Mystery Novels, Thriller, Classics, Relationships, Detective Fiction, Detective, English Literature, Family relationships, Post-War Era, English Countryside, Hercule Poirot
- First published
- 1948
- Original title
- Taken at the Flood
- Rating
- 3.7 out of 5
- Description
- A few weeks after marrying an attractive young widow, Gordon Cloade is tragically killed by a bomb blast in the London blitz. Overnight, the former Mrs Underhay finds herself in sole possession of the Cloade family fortune.Shortly afterwards, Hercule Poirot receives a visit from the dead man’s sister-in-law who claims she has been warned by ‘spirits’ that Mrs Underhay’s first husband is still alive. Poirot has his suspicions when he is asked to find a missing person guided only by the spirit world. Yet what mystifies Poirot most is the woman’s true motive for approaching him…